On 7 September 2004, the album was awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize . “Take Me Out” gained first place in the Australian Triple J Hottest 100 for 2004, winning more than twice the votes of the second-place entry, with This Fire and The Dark of the Matinee entering at No. 24 and No. 50 respectively. Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two Brit Awards in 2005. The avant-garde music video for “Take Me Out” earned them a Breakthrough Video MTV Award . NME named Franz Ferdinand the best album of 2004, and placed it 38th on their 100 Best Albums of All Time list.
awarded the 2004 Mercury Music Prize
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